As a prisoner of war it is my duty to escape.
Brendan Behan, a sixteen year-old IRA foot soldier, is going on a bombing mission from Ireland to Liverpool during the second world war. His mission is thwarted when he is apprehended, charged and imprisoned in Borstal, a reform institution for young offenders in East Anglia, England.
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2001
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Cast
Shawn Hatosy
As Brendan Behan
Danny Dyer
As Charlie Milwall
Robin Laing
As Jock
Ian McElhinney
As Verreker
Eva Birthistle
As Liz Joyce
Mark Huberman
As Mac
Lee Ingleby
As Dale
Ronnie Drew
As Customs man
Eamon Glancy
As Manning
Dennis Conway
As Holmes
Patricia Leventon
As Landlady
John O'Toole
As Whitbread
Luke Hayden
As Alex
Michael York
As Joyce
Mark Lambert
As Chief Dixon
Eoin Slattery
As James
Owen Sharpe
As Albert
Viko Nikci
As Jerzy
Lukas Hassel
As Kydd
Arthur Riordan
As Liberian
Brian de Salvo
As Judge Goddard
Jer O'Leary
As Republican in Court
Joe Taylor
As Mortimer
Tony Coleman
As Cragg
Luke Griffin
As Miller
Garret Deady
As Borstal Boy
Darren Donohue
As Borstal Boy
William Fitzpatrick
As Borstal Boy
David Hynes
As Borstal Boy
Keith Murtagh
As Borstal Boy
Jim Byrne
As Parson
Trevor Hanly
As Soldier
Gerry Browne
As Sentry
Gerald Davis
As Rabbi
Robert Price
As First Lieutenant
Barry Dobson
As Priest (uncredited)
David Johnston
As IRA man (uncredited)
Rita Marie Lawlor
As Prostitute (uncredited)
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